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Accordance vs Consonance - What's the difference?

accordance | consonance |

As nouns the difference between accordance and consonance

is that accordance is agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance while consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.

accordance

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) accordaunce

Noun

(en noun)
  • Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
  • * In strict accordance with the law -
  • The act of granting.

    • Synonyms

    * harmony, unison, coincidence

    consonance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
  • (chiefly, music) harmony; agreement; lack of discordance
  • * Tyndall
    • The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance .

    Antonyms

    * dissonance * discordance

    References

    * Lakefield College School Key Literary Terms